Fashion Design
Let your creative side shine to design the sustainable eco-fashion of the future
Madrid
On campus
ESP
Bachelor of Arts
Language
Spanish
Start date
September 2023
Frequency
Full time
Fruition
On campus
Duration
4 Years
Credits
240 ECTS
Price
from 12.900€
Turn your passion for fashion into a career, create patterns and designs, use ground-breaking new technologies with the traditional crafts of old.
Art that looks to the future! The IED Madrid Official Undergraduate Degree in Design, specialising in Fashion Design is a comprehensive fashion design course based on the study of the conceptual, methodological and technical tools you need to create innovative fashion projects for the complex and competitive fashion market of today.
As a fashion design specialist you’ll learn to comprehend current aesthetic, cultural and functional needs to create new designs for the future.
Right from the very first year, you’ll begin collaborating with fashion brands and professionals working in the sector, developing real projects with the technical and artistic profile that meets the market’s demands.
You’ll consolidate your project-planning skills so your results meet your client’s expectations, and develop the communication skills you’ll use on a daily basis in the fashion world.
Information to decide
An Official Undergraduate Degree that explores creative design and sustainable fashion with leading professionals in the sector.
With the IED Madrid Official Undergraduate Degree in Design, specialising in Fashion Design you’ll have everything you need to find solutions to the challenges of the modern fashion industry.
The complexity of the learning experience increases gradually as you progress. You’ll acquire all the know-how you need in the field of design to create your own garments. As the course continues, you’ll explore the fundamental fields of the fashion world, such as brand identity and image, communication and distribution strategies.
From the third year of this 4-year course you can choose to specialise in one of the following pathways: Prêt-à-porter, or Communication and Styling. These pathways include workshops, intensive Labs and real hands-on projects.
What’s more, you’ll be studying with a team of lecturers that includes professionals who’ve already made their mark in the sector. You’ll also be collaborating with various fashion brands and companies in a hands-on work environment that puts you in touch with the working fashion world.
This course is for people who want to explore the limits of their creative talent and focus on designing clothing for both men and women; students interested in the pattern-making process, modelling and creating patterns to develop collections from scratch.
It’s also ideal for those who want to work in fashion communication and creative direction, after learning the ins and out of the technical side of the fashion industry.
The course gives you a panoramic understanding of the fashion industry: from ideation and brainstorming ideas to participating at fairs and project communication.
The Official Undergraduate Degree in Design, specialising in Fashion Design is a degree from a prestigious school, proof of your creative and project management abilities, as well as the experience you’ve gained.
Under the guidance of your lecturers, professionals working in the sector, you’ll be collaborating from the very first year with fashion companies and professional designers, developing projects in a real work context.
You’ll study at IED Madrid in the Altamira Palace, participate in fashion workshops equipped with the specific machines used in the industry, to put all the knowledge you’ve acquired into practice.
You also have the opportunity to participate in the Erasmus programme to gain experience in other countries leading the field in fashion design.
All this in the city of Madrid, a vibrant hub of fashion design, where major brands have their Spanish headquarters and are constantly looking for new creative talent.
Syllabus
What will you learn?
In the first year of the course you’ll acquire the basics of design, learn the fundamentals of pattern making, colour and volume, and study the history of clothing and textiles.
Science Applied to Design
Eco-design
Scientific Fundamentals of Design
Design Fundamentals
Design Fundamentals / Analysis
Design Fundamentals / Ideation
The History of Art and Design
Art History and Theory
The History of Fashion Design
The History of Clothing and Textiles
Representation and Communication Languages and Techniques
Colour
Sketching / Communication
Sketching / Representation
Representation Systems
Digital Technology
Volume
Pattern Design and Garment Making
Pattern Design
Dressmaking and Tailoring Techniques
What will you learn?
You’ll acquire more in-depth knowledge of the subjects studied in the first year, while learning to use basic fashion design tools.
Design Culture
Design Theory and Culture
The Artistic Basis of Fashion
Fashion Sketching
The Sculptural Object and Clothing
The History of Art and Design
The History of Fashion
Design History and Theory
Representation Languages and Techniques
Photography and Audiovisual Design
Expression and Communication Techniques
Fashion Design Materials and Technology
Fashion Representation Systems
Textile Technology Materials
Textile Technology Media
Pattern Design and Garment Making
Industrial Pattern Design
Dressmaking and Tailoring Techniques Processes
Fashion Design and Clothing Projects
Fashion Design Analysis and Ideation
Fashion Design Communication
What will you learn?
From the third year on you’ll start using more complex tools and choose one of two course pathways.
Core Syllabus
Design Culture
Aesthetics
Styling
Fashion Communication
Show and Audiovisual Media Styling
Styling Projects
Design and Business Management
The History of Fashion Design
The History of Contemporary Fashion
The Sociology of Fashion
Fashion Design Materials and Technology
Fashion Product Materials
Fashion Design and Clothing Projects
The Fashion Image
Pathway Syllabus
Prét-á-Porter
Fashion Design Materials and Technology
Production Techniques Ready-to-Wear Fashion
Specific Ready-to-Wear Fashion Technology
Pattern Design and Garment Making
Ready-to-Wear Fashion Pattern Design
Industrial Garment Manufacturing Prototyping
Fashion Design and Clothing Projects
Ready-to-Wear Fashion Design Development
Ready-to-Wear Fashion Design Processes
Communication and Styling
Fashion Design Materials and Technology
Production Techniques Communication
Specific Styling Technology
Pattern Design and Garment Making
Fitting
Creative Modelling
Fashion Design and Clothing Projects
Styling Development 6
Styling Processes
What will you learn?
In the fourth year you’ll explore your identity as a fashion designer, develop a final project in your area of specialisation, and gain tutored work experience with companies working in the fashion industry.
Core Syllabus
Design Management
Management, Leadership Techniques and Methods
Fashion Business Management
Fashion Marketing
Career Guidance
Design Culture in a Global Context
Representation and Communication Languages and Techniques
Visual Communication
Fashion Portfolio
Tutored Work Experience
Tutored Work Experience
Pathway Syllabus
Prét-a-Porter
Fashion Design and Clothing Projects
Ready-to-Wear Fashion Specialisation
Ready-to-Wear Fashion Research
Ready-to-Wear Fashion Materials and Technology
New Technologies Applied to Ready-to-Wear Fashion
Final Project
Prêt-à-Porter Final Project
Communication and Styling
Fashion Design and Clothing Projects
Communication Specialisation
Communication Research
Ready-to-Wear Fashion Materials and Technology
New Technologies Applied to Communication
Final Project
Communication and Styling Final Project
Here you can access the Study Plan of Higher Artistic Design Education.
Faculty
Federico Antelo
Teacher
Iván Blanco Fernández
Teacher
Armiche Rodríguez Hernández
Teacher
Julio Numar
Teacher
Eufemio Fernández López
Teacher
María Calvo Frutos
Teacher
Rosa Moreno Laorga
Teacher
Sofía Nieto Recio
Teacher
Dácil Fernández Reig
Teacher
Diana Saldaña
Teacher
Juanjo Gómez
Teacher
Silvia Gómez Cisneros
Teacher
Eva Ortega Laina
Teacher
Iñaki Domingo
Teacher
Enrique González
Teacher
Alexander Calderón
Teacher
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